Riding in bad weather

[UnknownStuntm...]

So why is it that everyone wants to kill me whenever I ride in the rain or wind? I leave a bigger gap to the car in front- some oxygen thief cuts in. I go round a wet manhole cover (lifesaver etc) and someone walks halfway out into the road. And to top it off, when I'm pulling out of a space, some bus whistles past at 50 with a spray of diesel out of the side all over the front of my bike.

I'm giving up, the bike's only coming out in the dry now.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Unless you live in the SouthEast your chances of regular dry days are limited.
The weather has little effect on the drivers ability to kill.
Get over it. Pop some waterproofs on and ride...You supposed to be a stuntman FFS

Pat
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[27cows]

If everyone gave up so easily, we'd all be driving bloody tin boxes This is the mildest autumn I can ever remember too - it's been mostly pleasant enough to enjoy riding right through October and November (bar the odd day of wind and rain).

[paddlesat16]

i've just got in, and i'm a dround rat the only bit dry is my hair under the helmet ...
Can';t wait to dry the gear off and have another go .

fuckin weather
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Gotta admit that for the 1st time this year i'll be using the cage to pickup my daughter.
Minging it down, like a minger from mingsville.


Pat
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[bikedemon99]

Just be extra extra careful mate, slow slow slow in the wet on slippy bends and mini r/bouts, slow impacts are not as sore, make sure you can be seen, use your horn as a warning for anything, who gives a fuck if they think "whys he beeping" you wont see them again and atleast they know your there, be curtious to drivers when you filter or sneak in in front of them, remind yourself of the importance of getting to fuck off the road out of the way of traffic should you have a spill and if your feeling too stressed or feel something aint right then leave the bike at home, good luck mate
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[sickpup]

[UnknownStuntm...]

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[Clanger]

[Ariel Badger]

Mr Pup.
If a car slams on the brakes in the wet it will have a longer stopping distance as will the bike, however...
As brakes and tyres on a car work far better than on a bike due to the weight of a car and the simple fact that it has so much more rubber in contact with the road the bike will have far less efficient braking in the wet. Keep a bit of distance.
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[Alexio]

To be honest, after already riding about 1000 miles recently in those worst of all impossible conditions I have to say that I love it - I love the danger and thrill of flying through small gaps, the longer stopping distances, the slippery corners, the reduced visibility and the stamina it takes to endure those uncomfortable journeys.

Could just be me though. I'd hate to come off as sounding pretentious after saying what I just said. I guess I just enjoy being hardcore
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[27cows]

Fuckers jumping into the (safe but not excessive) gap is one of my (numerous, you will be astonished to learn) bugbears. It's just so pointless. The morons who do it aren't going to get where they're going any quicker. It's like the dickheads (usually cabbies) who find it impossible to stop at a junction and encroach into the path of oncoming traffic - everyone slows and it takes them longer than it otherwise would to get from A to B.

We've had a really easy time of it thus far this year. Got a feeling the temperatures are going to nosedive during the coming week.

[LeeR]

Meh... it ain't so bad, I was filtering between lanes 2 and 3 on the M5 in the rain on Friday night.

I knew there would be last minute lane changers as we approached the M4/M5 interchange so when someone pulled across in front of me at junction 17 I'd already anticipated it. I also knew there was space on my left because I'd just passed a vehicle, and a quick shoulder check showed lane 1 to be clear so, in with the clutch, roll-off the throttle, a little rear brake, and a controlled manoeuvre around the vehicle that had pulled out. Off the brake, clutch out, back on the throttle and overtake in lane 1.

All safe all under control, no need for horn or hand gestures.

Remember if you think they might, then they probably will.
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[steppen22]

Sounds as though someone is looking for a pretext for being a yellow belly.

"oh, they're all out to kill me!"

Bullshit. There's no such thing as bad weather (only ice, really)- it's bad riding that's at fault.

Truth be told, 9/10 bikers are as incompetent as drivers.
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[hellkat]

*cries*
Oh thanks for reminding me, guys.

Holidays in the sun are so shit.
How quickly one forgets how scummy real life really is.

I went out to start my bike, make sure it works, and it starts so that means I have to ride it into work tomorrow, and now I'm all wet, only went out there for two minutes.

Although the alternative is catching the bus/tube
... to which I say "Bah!"
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[27cows]

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[hellkat]

No really. Who gives a shit about whether anybody has the balls to ride anything.

Disappointed in you for that sort of snide remark, sickpup.

I would be riding a 125 myself if something happened to the bike I have, it would be likely a 125 is all I could afford. Who are you to judge.

Happen I agree with several people in this thread, but I would still ride like an old biddy in weather like we've had recently. But that's more to do with my previous experiences, most of which involve me coming off in wet conditions (hence showing mostly that I'm probably a crap rider in the rain OR out of it, for that matter).

Nonetheless, I would probably take my bike to work if it was all but ice and snow out there. I'd sure MOAN about it a lot, but I'm more likely to take the bike and get damp, than be squished up in the tube.

Nobody's insisting that you ride in the rain for a living, by the way. The martyr's badge does not suit you, and probably gets in the way of the talking brooch.

*pokes out tongue*
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